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A Welsh musician is hoping his Euro 2016 terrace anthem, which bears all the hallmarks of an Oasis classic, will be adopted by those fans heading to France.

Singer Chris Phillips, who, when he’s not recording his own original material, also plays in tribute band The Oasis Experience, is hoping to roar Wales on at their first finals appearance for more than five decades with his single Let The Good Times Roll.

The musician, from Aberdare , is confident the tub-thumping tune he has penned to celebrate the stunning achievement of Chris Coleman 's Red Dragons in reaching their first major finals since the World Cup in 1958, will join the hallowed ranks of such legendary terrace anthems as World In Motion and Three Lions.

The singer and guitarist – who is working on his third album, the follow up to last year’s Come On and Set the World Alight - is hoping to make the most of the euphoria that surrounds the Wales national team and has released a brilliant video for the single, which will be available to download digitally on May 27, that perfectly sums up the agony and ecstasy of supporting Wales.

'Where were you the day when Pele broke our hearts?'

However, Chris admits that Let The Good Times Roll (a What's The Story Morning Glory-style anthem which opens with the line “Where were you the day when Pele broke our hearts?”) has been on ice for some time – more than a decade in fact.

“I wrote the song the night before Wales played Russia in the second leg of the Euro 2004 playoff at the Millennium Stadium,” recalled Chris, a self-confessed fan of the Gallagher brothers.

The track is reminiscent of an Oasis anthem (Photo: Stefan De Batselier.)

“I was thinking then we would do it. We only needed a goal after drawing the first leg in Moscow 0-0, and we all know what happened then.”

But the musician reveals he forgot all about the song until the day after Wales’ stunning 1-0 victory against Belgium in June, when a friend dropped him a line.

“My mate messaged me on Facebook the day after we had beaten Belgium and said, ‘Do you remember that football song you wrote?’ And I said, ‘I do actually, yes’.

'Thankfully I remembered the song'

“I then picked up the guitar and it just came back to me.

“I didn’t record it back then, but thankfully I remembered the song, which is astonishing really as it’s been 12 years.”

Aberdare musician Chris Phillips

Chris believes Let The Good Times Roll, which he recorded at Duke Street Studios in Aberdare, has all the qualities needed to be a bona fide terrace anthem that will capture the imaginations of the thousands of Welsh fans who will make the trip to France in June.

He said: “My hopes are to hear it on the opening credits of BBC Sport when Wales are playing in Euro 2016 and I would love for the fans to play it on coaches when they’re on their way to France!”